Knocking distributor. ????????

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Aug 21, 2012 | 10:15 AM

car5car

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Year: 2001

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

Knocking distributor. ????????

Finally I took stethoscope and located knock, which I believed was a lifter.

distributor shaft has free play.

I took it apart and looks like bearing grease solved the problem.

Last edited by car5car; Aug 21, 2012 at 11:28 AM.

Aug 21, 2012 | 10:25 AM

Gee oh Dee

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What shaft has free play?

'Shaft has free play' isn't very descriptive...

I thought you'd been a mechanic for years and years and years?

Aug 21, 2012 | 11:29 AM

Diesel

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Year: 1995

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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee

What shaft has free play?

'Shaft has free play' isn't very descriptive...

I thought you'd been a mechanic for years and years and years?

No, thats me

Pull the distributor and go from there, assess how much play it has. Its fairly simply to remove.

Aug 21, 2012 | 11:39 AM

car5car

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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee

What shaft has free play?

'Shaft has free play' isn't very descriptive...

I thought you'd been a mechanic for years and years and years?

Well, I still need advice from time to time. When I was rebuilding my first AT, I talked to transmission guy probably 10 times.

I opened distributor cap and moved rotor side to side, then I heard the knock.
I removed distributor, knocked out pin, holding plastic round piece, pulled out shaft, greased it, that was it.

Last edited by car5car; Aug 21, 2012 at 11:46 AM.